There were just two of Gene Patrick's The Passing Scene comics published in the Journal in April 1969. Maybe Gene was just busy with other endeavors, although the opening of his hobby shop next to Yala’s Pizza was still several years away.
Despite there being only two strips this month, he covered a lot of Lorain County turf in them. His topics included news events in several Lorain County cities, including Elyria, Sheffield Lake, Oberlin, Vermilion, North Ridgeville and Avon Lake.
The April 19, 1969 edition included a gag showing the fate of the Oberlin student protester (who was the subject of Passing Scene strips in preceding months).
The April 26, 1969 strip (below) pokes fun at the idea of illegally praying in school. (The second of two landmark decisions by the Supreme Court declaring school-sponsored prayer unconstitutional had occurred only six years earlier.)
The strip also reminds us just how late in spring that daylight savings time used to start.
I liked it better that way. Today’s changeover is much too early; it takes me weeks to get used to it.
Not a fan of changing clocks. Just pick one and leave them alone.
ReplyDeleteWhen told the reason for daylight savings time the old Indian said, “Only the government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it on the bottom, and have a longer blanket !!!!